Democrats

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Donkey In A Hole: Don't Expect Democrats To Change Much in 2018
10 Jan 2018
The 2018 midterm elections are fast approaching.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Our Open Letter To NAPO, MXGM, and Dr. Akinyele Umoja on Ultra-Leftism, the Democratic Party and the Movement in Jackson MS
14 Dec 2017
On December 1, our comrade and friend Akinyele Umoja published a piece titled “’
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bernie Sanders Can’t Shake His Imperial Piggishness
28 Sep 2017
“Sanders revealed his own swinish predilections in Westminster.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Senators Cory Booker, Al Franken, and Elizabeth Warren Propose that the US “Prevent Genocide”
30 Aug 2017
Senators Cory Booker, Al Franken, and Elizabeth Warren Propose that the US “Prevent Genocide” By BAR Contributor Ann Garrison
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Indecency of the Black Misleadership Class
09 Aug 2017
If Congresswoman Barbara Lee is among the best that the Black political class has to offer -- which she is -- then that class is “wholly unfit to guide the politics of 40 million people.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Barbara Lee and Tulsi Gabbard Side with War Party on Sanctions
09 Aug 2017
The Democrats’ two leading congressional dissidents have finally surrendered, now that the party has “taken the lead in the project of endless war.” U.S.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Washington: A One Party State
02 Aug 2017
The two corporate parties agree on almost everything of substance. “The one-party state doesn't negotiate police brutality, mass incarceration, or any other manifestation of white supremacy. Nor does…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How Did Berniecrats Claim the Jackson Mississippi Movement? Do They Want To Be Claimed? Should They?
13 Jul 2017
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When Jackson's mayor-elect Chokwe Antar Lumumba stepped to the podium at the cynically misnamed "Peoples Summit", the annual June pilgrimage of…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Sanders Didn’t Lose the Black Vote: He Never Had It, and Never Asked Why
14 Jul 2016
On the issues, Bernie Sanders should have won the black vote. But presidential politics isn’t just about issues, it’s about entrenched alliances and relations of power. Without understanding why the…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Obama Chugs Flint Water, Dodges Federal Responsibility, Delivers Another Cynical Lecture to Black Folks
12 May 2016
"the president cynically leveraged his blackness to obscure the fact that he was refusing to go after the guilty parties, while proposing no measures to ensure it didn't happen again."